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Dec. 17, 1929. M. EICHENBLATT 1749164 CLIP Filed Nov. 9. 1928 Paten'ted Dec. 17, 1929 UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE MORRIS EICHENBLATT, O]? BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CLIP Applicafion filed November 9, 1928. Serial No 318,176. 7

The piesent inventlon relatebo clips f01 use with hair waving tubes 01 the like, and

aims to pr0vicle certain improvements in such,

In the art of hair wzwing as DOW generally practiced, the tresses to be wavecl, ztfter being moi stened with a suitable solution, are wouncl arouncl a form, ii1sert d into a tube of paper, foil 0r t-he like, and the ends of the tube sealed witl1 clips Which are retained on the tube until thewaving operation is completed. These clips have cooperating interengaging or latching means so that the ends of the tube can be crimped around tresses of various thickness) The applieation of said clips to the tubes is a simple operation. T0 r'emove t l1e clips, however, che operator,

usually a *womau with tencler fingers, Il-

counttars great diffioulty anal frgquently suffets pain in releasi1w the latching engagement of the clips. arious forms of clips have been clevisecl 130 faeilitate the releasing acti-on, but so far as I am aware none 0f these are entirely free from the objeetions p0intecl out.

Accorclingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a clip for the purpose specified in which the releasing or unlatching of the clip is greatly facilitated. Another object is t0 provide a Clip which is free from sharp lugs o1 projections which are troublesonne to the tender fingers of the Operators. A still further object of 'the invention 'is to provide a clip Which is simple and sturdy in construction, efficient in use and which can be cheaply manufactured.

The foregoing and other objects of' the invention I accomplish by providing a clip, the finger engaging portions of Which are free from sharp edges and one wherein the operator in graspingrsaicl fingen engaging portions, simultaneously engages an element which i1pon applying but slight pressurethereon releases er unlatches the interengaging parts of the clip. The invention also embodies other features 01E novelty which W111 be hereinafter more fully described.

A preferrecl emb0climent of my invention is illustratecl in the accompanying drawings, wherein are piVotally eonnected at their ends as shoWn at U. Of these members 0ne coi1sists 0f a Single substantizllly flat element A and the ocher consists of tW0 coincident substanti'ally flat elements B anclB dispqsed in parallel spacecl relation to each other and betvveeri whieh the lower encl of the elenient A is receivable i n the manner of the blade of a pocket kn1fe Tl1e elements are' formed with 1nner curVecl edges a, b zind b, respectively,

the edges a ancl b and b being complemen-- tallyeurvecl t0 engage around a, hair waving tube t0 crimp 01' seal the same around a tres's OTE' hai r. T0 hold the Clip members'in tube er1mp1ng osition they 'are formed With cooperating interengaging means herein shown as comprising. a plurality of semi-cirCular openings D in the bocly of element A in p1oximity' vto its lower end and a strck-up substantially semi-circular tonge 01 lip E near the lower end 0f the element B, seid lip extencling inwardly into the space between the elements B a nd B ancl being of slightly smal- 1er size than the openings D and adapted t0 snap therein as the element A ispositioned between the elements B and B.

T0 move the pivotecl members into and out 01 latehing engagement' ehe 'elements A and Bare each provicled with an integral projecting arm or part F und G respectively, ter- *minating in (anlargecl ciicular ends f and g respectively. Although such enlarged flattened ends may serve as finger engaging ele- 1nents I prefer "so free these finger engmging parts from sharp edges and thereby ease the finger gripping engagement therewith. This I accbmplish by munting upon saicl enlargecl encls f and g separately forn1eclflatteneclbalk shaped 01 substanially ovoicl members H.

These 1ne1nbers H may conveniently be formed in a known 1nanner fron1 sheet metal by a series of stamping operationsancl asse1nbled 011 the projections F anclbr by the use of suitable dies.

F01 facilitating the releasing 01 nnlatching of the elements;A and B 0r in other W01ds i:'0r clisengaging the lip E f101n tl1e recesses D, the ele1nent B is proviclecl with a prnjection J extencling at substant1ally a right angle t0 the body of sa-1cl element, sa1d anglecl ortion extending through anopen: ing g" in the projection G. The free end y 0f said pr0jection J isenlargecl, rounclecl an cl bent to overlie the projection G ancl term1- nahes in proximlty to ehe finger engaging end -H0n the member B. Flornthe construction and' pre'ssure is appliecl thereto that such pressure Will cause tl1e bocly portions oi ehe membersB an(l B eo move apart out of tl1eir parallel relation anal tl1at the move1nent 0f B Will cause the l'ip E 130 become disengagecl from an opening D so that tl1e mernbers of the Clip can be readily released f1om tl1elr engaging osition. T0 facilitate the entrance 0f fil1e element A between tl1e ele1nents B ancl B, I prefer 130 outwarclly flare the fnee ends '0f saicl ele1nents B ancl B as shown ab 6 an-Clb l'espectively.

From the foregoing clescription it Will be am: arenft that 1 have providecl a latching clip Which isasi1n* ple in construction, easy in operatc'ron, onewlfich is free fr0n'1 tl1e 1neans which causn tne annoyance ancl pai11 130 the operator"s fingers ancl one which in view 0'f t'he foregoing Characteristics greatly expeclites the use thereof.

Wh'ile I "h'ave shown anal clescribecl a prefmed embodiment of Iny invention, I clo not desire :t0 'be limited t0 the specific construetinn disclosed, since it willbe unclerstoocl that modifications tlmreof 1nay be resorted t0 w'ithout departing from tl1e spirit 0I' the invention.

"What I claim is: 1. A Clip comprising a pair of substantially flat elements pivotally eonnected together near 011e end antl 1novable about saicl pivot in parallel lanes, one 0f saicl elements having a strucknp lip on one face and the other element'havinga plurality 0f recesses in its faoe which' is complemental t0 tl1at having the struk-up lip, said lip being aclapted to engage in one of said reeesses t0 latch tl1e elements tog-efiher ancl means movable as a unit w'ith one .element of said pair 0f elements atlapteclto se1*ve as a pnint of leverage '1":01

1noving saicl element out of parallel relation t0 tl1e other element to d1sengage the l1p from a recess.

2. A clip cornprising apair of substantially Hat ele1nents pivotally connectecl together near one end ancl movable about Sa1cl pivot in parall&zlPlanes c0-engaging means 011 Elle co1mjle1n-ental faces 0f sa-id elements 1n proxnn1ty 130 tl1e1r other end for latch1ng allem tqgether, meansion 1noving saicl elements into ancl out Oflatching eng'agement c'onaprising an integral projecting part 0I1' each 0f said el-ements, a thircl element dis- *posecl in c0i-1icic'len' 're'lati0n to one of the pai1 of .ele1nents anal having a prqje0ting part in substantially anin'cident relation to the projectlng p art 0f saicl ele'1nent, tl1e third element l'1aVing a s*lot in its projecting' p art throu gh which an ofi'set portion on thepro jecting art of tl1e element cei-ncitl'ent-wilal1 sziid tl1ird elemen't extencls, Wher-eby said coinciclent elementsflr-e renclered movable as a unit about the pivot, the project-ing'parfis 011 the coinciclently disposecl elements being ca pable 0'f li1nited relative movement in adirection t-ransverse t0 the planes Of 17he ele- 1nents and aclaptecl for simultaneousengagement bythe fingers of an operatolj and when so engaged and pressure is appli'ed l3l1 1l39 one 0l theeleznentsw1ll be 1n'ovecl 130 unla'tch tl1e coengaging means 0n salcl eleln'ents.

3. A clip c01np1isingapai-r 0f substantia-l- 1y flat ele1'nents pivotally connected togethr n'ear one encl ancl mqvable aloout saicl pjivo t 7 1n parallel planes, co-engagmgmeans an the complenaentalfaces of sa1d elements in proxgefihe-r, 1nean=s for moving'sa'icl elements into an l 0ut cf latclnng en-gagelne-nt compris1n an integral projecting part on each '0f sai elen1ents, a tlnrd ele1nent d1sposecl in co'incidenk relat1on t0 ancl nnevable as a unit With one -ele1nent of saicl paif 0f elements l1aVlng a projecting pa1xtin substantially coinciolent relzition e0 the projecting part 0f the elemeni wich whicl 1 it is 1no'vable as a unit,1saicl last two na1ned proj-ecting parts being capablebf li1nited relative 1nov-e1nent in a dire'ctin transverse to tl1e planes 0f tl1e elenlents aml of the blade of a p0cket kniife,;coengaging 1neans on a pair of eomplemental fac.es 0f saicl xne1nbei*s 1"0r latching them t0gefl1er5 means on said members for r'i1oving them into an-d 01113 of latching e ng&gement, and cooperating means on the two elements of the first member for moving said elements apart 5 to disengage the other member therefrom.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed MORRIS EICHENBLATT. 

